The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1887-04-28
THE NEWBERRY HERALD NEWS THURSDAY 25 1887
Stockholders Meeting Columbia.
TeIbeIry and Laurcrs Railroad.
Colamji0 Register. -fp'H 2Cjh.

! Co7amGio Register, -ip'H 2Ch.
In pursuance Of the call. about
sixty of the stockholders Of the Col
pmbia, NewberTy and Laurens Road
assembled in the parlor of the Co.
lunbia Hotel last night. They repre-
! serted nearly all the localities along
! the line of road from Columbia to
! Newberrv. as we'll as localities on the
line of the Glenn Springs and Spar
tanburg Road.
Geo. S. Mower, Esq, Capt J. H.
Counts and Capt. ". 3. Lowrance
were, on .notion, appointed com
mittee TO verify proxies and crcden-
tials, and, after examining the Gre
dentials, reported that two thousand
three hundred and eighty four shares
were represented, constituting large
majority of the shares Of the company.
Capt. Desportes said that the meet
ing had been called with a view to
consider the question of consolidation
of Glenn Springs and Spartanburg,
with the Columbia, Ncwberry and
| Laurens Railroad.
| In view Of certain conditions which
had retarded the movements in Co.
lumbia township toward securing the
subscription of $4,000 necessary for
bridging the river, the representatives
of Columbia township felt constrained
to ask a little further delay in order
that they might assure the subscrip-
ton. He further explained that five
hundred and forty of the seven hun
dred and forty seven property holders
of the township had signed the peti-
ton for the election, but it was the
desire of the committee charged with
the matter that every one Of this
class should have the opportunity:
and this further time was asked to
/ enable the opportunity to be given
them to approve or disapprove: Al
ready the large majority secured gave
assurance that the subscription would
be voted, but the increased subscrip-
ton to the road would entitlc this
township to a larger representation
on the Board, in the event of consoli-
dation, and it was. therefore, only
right that the question of this addi-
tional subscription should be settled
in advance Of the consolidation.
Capt. Lowrance suggested further
that even if Columbia were prepared
at this meeting the Glenn Springs
Road was not yet ready to submit
the question and it will not, therefore
be considered at this time.
DR.. C. T. Wyche expressed his con-
viction that it was the sense Of the
stockholders that the wishes of Co.
lumbia township should be regarded
in this matter, and he submitted a
motion that the stockholders take a
recess until such time as they should
be called together by the president
for the purpose Of effecting the con-
solidation of the two companies.
The motion was carried without a
dissenting vote.
It was understood that the meeting
would take place about the 20th OF
May.
MIR. Rhoads from Cross Keys, in
Spartanburg County, was called on;
and expressed the anxious desire OF
the people of his section to have the
proposed connection. They had
voted $4,000 and would make $4,000
or $4,000 more by private subscrip-
ton in order to secure the road.
Capt. Desportcs expressed the H.
grets of the stockholders at the alb
sence of president Mosely, who rad
been detained at home by death in
his family.